Status:
UNKNOWN
Prospective Randomized Study on the Effects of Valgus Knee Brace for Knee Osteoarthritis in Chinese Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
Conditions:
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Eligibility:
All Genders
40-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To investigate whether the use of valgus knee brace is useful for patients with medial knee osteoarthritis.
Detailed Description
Osteoarthritis of the knee is the commonest type of arthritis affecting both the middle age and geriatric population, which poses a huge burden to our in-patient and out-patient orthopaedic services. ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age between 40-80
- History of symptomatic medial unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis \> 6 months
- Willingness to wear the knee brace for a minimum of 4 hours per day during daily activities
- Understanding of the Chinese language
- Ethnic Chinese patients
Exclusion
- Symptomatic knee osteoarthritis affecting more than one compartment
- Clinical and radiological signs of osteoarthritis over the lateral compartment or patello-femoral joint
- Significant knee effusion or soft tissue compromise preventing long-term knee brace use
- Obesity (BMI\>30)
- Previous surgery on the affected knee other than diagnostic arthroscopy with debridement, soft tissue reconstruction, menisectomy
- Peripheral vascular disease of the lower limb
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 30 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04056845
Start Date
September 1 2019
End Date
June 30 2021
Last Update
August 20 2019
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Hospital Authority
Hong Kong, Hong Kong